Captain Marvel toy teases surprise superhero cameo in the next MCU film

Captain Marvel already has quite the line-up, what with the debut of Brie Larson as our hero Carol Danvers, the return of Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), Ronan (Lee Pace), Korath (Djimon Hounsou) and a turn from Jude Law as whoever he turns out to be playing.

The mention of his scenes in the film could be a mistake on Disney's part – after all, these toy ranges sometimes include characters that aren't in the movies.

Or does it reveal that the relatively obscure cosmic character will appear alongside all the other characters that have already been announced?

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Alternatively, although Law has been widely speculated to be playing Mar-Vell, there have also been rumours that he is playing Genis-Vell instead. It would be a peculiar move to introduce the lesser known '-Vell' first, but it wouldn't be the first time that the MCU has surprised us.

In the comics, Genis-Vell is the son of Elysius, an artificial being created on Thanos' home planet Titan. After the death of her lover Mar-Vell, she used his genetic material to become pregnant with a son (and later a daughter, another one-time Captain Marvel, Phyla-Vell). This kind of thing happens in Marvel stories all the time.

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